QF set to launch DFW flights from 16MAY11

[Zac M]

I for one will be enjoying the flight on QF8 from Brisbane to Sydney one day.

[Kieran Wells]

Originally Posted by Andrew

"I think Dallas will have a higher component of business passengers.
"We have limited resources and aircraft and we think that Dallas is just a great, exciting opportunity for us and that the aircraft are better suited to operate on that route."

More cowboys from Texas???

[James Smith]

These new flights may also be a pre-emptive strike by QANTAS/American on United/Continental's planned 787 services from Houston to Auckland.

Will Qantas JFK flights still fly via LAX?

Jetstar to SFO I predict when they get their 787s. Joyce has said that it is too much of a leisure route. Ideal for Jetstar.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Today's QF FF email listed return fares to Dallas/Fort Worth from 16 May to 30 November 2011 at $998 Economy, and $2598 for Premium Economy.

[danielc]

Why have JQ wait for the 787 to start serving SFO? Just add the HNL-SFO legs onto JQ3/4 and you could have the A330s serve the same route that used to be flown in the 70s/80s by QF3/4 747 SYD-HNL-SFO. Pull QF totally off the HNL route since it is mostly a leisure market anyway. I am sure JQ could come up with some very attractive fares for this route.

I flew UA SFO-HNL return back in November and they are basically operating as a LCC anyway (ie charging for meals, baggage, etc - No IFE on their domestic 777s) so JQ wouldn't be competing against a very high service bar other than maybe for Hawaiian Air which has recently started flying A330s between HNL and the US west coast.

[Brock Little]

Originally Posted by danielc

Why have JQ wait for the 787 to start serving SFO? Just add the HNL-SFO legs onto JQ3/4 and you could have the A330s serve the same route that used to be flown in the 70s/80s by QF3/4 747 SYD-HNL-SFO. Pull QF totally off the HNL route since it is mostly a leisure market anyway. I am sure JQ could come up with some very attractive fares for this route.

I flew UA SFO-HNL return back in November and they are basically operating as a LCC anyway (ie charging for meals, baggage, etc - No IFE on their domestic 777s) so JQ wouldn't be competing against a very high service bar other than maybe for Hawaiian Air which has recently started flying A330s between HNL and the US west coast.

Probably a good Idea Daniel, although would there be any space in the JQ A330 schedule to fly the SFO add-on? The last time I heard, it was quite stretched schedule-wise.

[D Chan]

Going out of SFO will benefit United, I wonder if V Australia will consider SFO as well.

It is a real problem of not having any aircraft under the 744/A380 capacity category with ultra long haul range.

[Jarden S]

DFW has a lot going for it. It is the eighth busiest airport in the world transporting 56,030,457 passengers in 2009. With 7 runways all of which do not intersect which certainly helps reducing traffic delays. American Airlines alone has 745 flights a day. It is also the primary base for American Eagle.
The airport is served 138 domestic destinations and 38 international.
I presume Qantas will use Terminal D International. Will the aircraft that operates the 4 per week SFO runs go straight to do the 4 per week DFW or are they operating on different days resulting a fair bit of fleet rescheduling?

[Brandon Giacomin]

Originally Posted by Zac M

I for one will be enjoying the flight on QF8 from Brisbane to Sydney one day.

I will be enjoying it on May 22

[Brock Little]

You suck Brandon, you really do.